In Keelung City’s Nanrong Road, there are three old houses. They have been uninhabited for at least a decade. They are surrounded by weeds and the Taiwan stink snakes and other snake species often appear. With the recent dengue fever epidemic, nearby residents are concerned. The owner, Hua Nan Bank has promised to demolish the buildings and clean up the environment as soon as possible.
Chen Chuan-ling, borough warden in Chengren Borough in the city’s Renai District says that the three houses have been uninhabited for a long time, and that no one has been cleaning the surroundings, so not only have people indiscriminately thrown their rubbish there, it has also become overgrown with weeds, and snakes and rats are often seen, troubling nearby residents.
Recently there has been a dengue fever epidemic in the south. The empty houses have a lot of containers filled with water, breeding mosquitoes. To avoid being bitten, residents avoid opening their windows.
Photo: Lin Hsin-han, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者林欣漢
The local district office investigated and found that Hua Nan Bank is the owner of the three dilapidated houses. City councilors surveyed the premises a few days ago. Hau Lung-bin, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative candidate for Keelung, also assisted by contacting a representative from the Hua Nan Bank who came to the premises and promised they would fulfill their management responsibilities by demolishing the houses and clearing the area as soon as possible.
(Liberty Times, translated by Clare Lear)
基隆市南榮路有三間老舊房舍,無人居住長達十年以上,周圍雜草叢生,還有臭青母等蛇類出沒,加上近來登革熱流行,讓附近居民相當困擾,地主華南銀行允諾會儘快拆除整理環境。
當地仁愛區誠仁里長陳傳麟指出,這三間平房因長期閒置,環境乏人整理,不但遭人亂丟垃圾,雜草叢生,也常有蛇、鼠出沒,讓附近居民相當困擾。
最近南部登革熱流行,空屋裡有不少積水容器孳生蚊蟲,居民為避免遭到叮咬,都不敢開窗戶。
區公所調查發現,這三間老舊房舍的所有權人是華南銀行,市議員日前會勘,國民黨立委參選人郝龍斌也協助聯繫華南銀行代表到場,允諾會善盡管理責任儘速拆屋整地。
(自由時報記者林欣漢)
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